Opening Event – No Transaction No Miracle by Azadeh Hamzeii. (Finalist, 2019 National Graduate Show at Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA). The performance was filmed on a dried salt lake on the outskirts of Qom, Iran. Referencing the local practice of using coins as votive offerings, the work speaks to social and religious structures of […]
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In Reflect (Refract), Wilkes admires the “astonishing creations” formed by the natural world and reflects on the artist’s relationship to nature. Inspired by the glacial regions of Alberta and British Columbia in Western Canada, the artist focuses on depicting the elements of water and the intoxicating landscapes which encompass them. Wilkes’ is currently based in Brisbane and works
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Honing his studio skills through formal studies in painting and design, Muir has departed from traditional plein-air painting to describe more ambiguous visual puzzles derived from the urban landscape. In our digitally redolent culture, his exclusive use of the palette knife acts as a kind of universal leveller, flattening and de-pixilating his high-key canvases. Inspired
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The Station is opening its doors to the public, come down and celebrate with us and see our new space! Live music, art, installation and photography. Drinks will be available by donation. Music by Jeremy Hindmarsh + Sebastian Moody Floral installation by Bloodwood Botanica and Fiflar Floral. Art and Photography by local artists. Entry to
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Jelly Heart presents a new series of small paintings by Holly Anderson; like postcards from a beach holiday. In these pictures, surface tensions between soft and hard, squishy and crisp, jelly and ice, juicy fruits and glazed crystals, plastic sandals and squeaky sand are investigated with paint. The contrasting textures of these subjects – their
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The exhibition recreates intense personal encounters with other species in National Parks, World Heritage sites and museum archives. The work connects human narratives to disappearing biodiversity, a perspective often edited out of the nature documentaries and their images of an apparently ‘untouched’ nature. The exhibition will present these inter-species encounters via painting, digital media, and
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QUT PhD candidate Chris Howlett will present his thesis exhibition New Statements (2016-19) at the Creative Industries Precinct in Kelvin Grove 15-17 May, 2019. New Statements is a new media exhibition that showcases an installation of interactive and screen-based Machinima works. This practice–led research project explores the operations of a ‘techno-stice’ that demonstrates digital technology’s capacity to generate dissensual space and forms of
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Continuing FireWorks Gallery’s Matches 2019 series of paired solo exhibitions, Matches 3 will present Brisbane-born artist Anthony Lister alongside Brisbane-based artist Scott Redford under the banner BAD Boys. New (individual & collaborative) artworks displayed will showcase a diversity of mediums including printmaking, photography, sculpture, painting and installation. Lister and Redford, who are friends as well
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yoke. is a collaborative exhibition from Queensland College of Art, Griffith University Doctoral Visual Arts Candidates Adam Anderson and Andrew Willis. Photographic portraiture frequently attracts discourse about the real and the artificial. It often pertains to the fidelity of the image to the represented identities; a complex and unstable negotiation that occurs between the subject,
Art from the Margins (AFTM) presents our third exhibition this year, Black Dog, Blue Butterflies. The exhibition, developed by Moreton Bay Regional Council, is coming to AFTM Gallery & Studios in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane this April and includes artworks created by artists from Brisbane, Southeast Queensland and Northern New South Wales. AFTM, a creative initiative
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Please join us for our 4th solo exhibition with Chris Trueman and help us celebrate the inaugural opening of TWFINEART’s new premises at 22 MASTER ST, NEWSTEAD! We’ve teamed up with our friends over at Gerard’s Bistro, with their chief mixologist creating two custom cocktails for the evening – ‘tropical’ and ‘industrial’. We will also
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Considering the inherent relationships between artists’ and their materials, New Materiality draws from materials and their context as each work asks the viewer ‘To what purpose is this material’. This residency cycle places materiality as the central influence of aesthetic and metaphor. To consider the object in its rawness as ‘matter’, each artist engages in
Not all stories are told through written or spoken words. Since the beginning of time, humans have used their bodies to convey personal narratives, commemorate significant events, and express specific emotions and beliefs. Decorating our bodies with adornments, clothing and tattoos can distinguish our individuality; define our cultural, social or religious positions; and mark our
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Presented in partnership between Queensland Film Festival and Outer Space ARI, ‘Mirror Mine’ examines mining through the work of Brisbane artist Caitlin Franzmann and internationally renowned artist Ben Russell. The exhibition unravels the complex narratives around the politics of mining – connecting local concerns to global narratives. Mirror Mine is curated by John Edmond, Festival
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From 10-19 May, Botanica – Contemporary art outside will once again transform the City Botanic Gardens into an outdoor gallery. The exhibition incites new perspectives through the interplay of art and nature. This free open-air exhibition invites audiences to uncover a stunning series of installations set amongst the beauty of Queensland’s premier heritage garden. Artists
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please join us for the opening celebration of backyard worlds, an exhibition of new paintings by sally molloy. backyard worlds is an exploration of place and identity; a series of preposterous scenarios (worlds within worlds) that aim to collapse the borders between then/now/and later. leaning into the philosophical underpinnings of collage – that is, allowing
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Louis Lim is an Australia-based photographer whose work explores diversity in human conditions, specifically those that are under-represented in mainstream media. With a keen interest in light, Lim’s practice focuses on non-fictional visual storytelling and conceptual photographic portraits with a collaborative methodology. Potluck exemplifies cultural diversity in Brisbane by documenting its communities’ dining habits; some feast at
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We’re confronting Contemporary Art on International Museum Day, join us! The Australian Collection at QAG brings the Indigenous and contemporary Australian collections together with the Gallery’s historical holdings. In this informal, interactive seminar series with Dr Mark Pennings, Senior Lecturer, Visual Arts, Queensland University of Technology, explore how the inclusion of contemporary works within the
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A hundred years ago, a radical artistic utopia was born in the city of Weimar: Bauhaus, one of our century’s most influential architectural schools, which still sets the pattern for the way we live today. Against the backdrop of the 100th anniversary of Bauhaus, this documentary not only shares art history but also the history
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Empty Inside is a new exhibition by Brisbane-based visual artist Elizabeth Willing. The exhibition is a continuation of her ongoing use of food as subject and medium, in order to materially explore the way food functions as a site of collective experience. Empty Inside draws a connection between processed snack food and packaging materials. Here, Willing considers the
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Bench Space is an exhibition of new still life paintings by Cosima Scales. A spoon, a piece of cake, a glass of wine; I’m drawn to the dark sliver where a slice of fruit meets the tabletop, and the modulated yellows of a block of cheese. I like scratchy paint marks suggesting the grain of
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Julie Paterson is an internationally renowned textile artist with a diverse background in the arts. Paterson’s work consists notably of Brisbane-based and inspired paintings and drawings of Brisbane ’s flora, fauna, and architecture. Her practice spans creative workshops, public speaking, collaborative partnerships and retail presences across Australia. Side Gallery is partnered with Julie to present
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BSAF is an annual public art event that seeks to provide opportunities for creative practitioners and the wider community to develop positive partnerships through engagement and collaboration. As an avenue for artistic expression, BSAF endeavours to create a multi-disciplinary platform that encourages any and all art forms to participate. BSAF provides a framework of showcase
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Tony Coleing has made paintings, drawings, sculptures and prints over a career spanning almost five decades. His work has always been infused with humour and a satirical, cutting edge. Coleing represented Australia at the 1980 Venice Biennale and in 1992 his collaborative prints were exhibited in Tony Coleing & Friends at the National Gallery of Australia. As
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Immerse yourself in a mecca for creative expression as PechaKucha gives a stage to designers, artists, architects and other creatives to present their stories. This June at PKN volume fifty-seven, speakers will explore The Art of Designing Drama – a behind the scenes look at theatre, production and the creation of captivating spaces. The patented
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Art Museum Senior Curator Peta Rake said the St Lucia Campus community would help produce 60 paintings to be included in High Stakes, a large-scale art installation opening at the Art Museum in July. “The exhibition will seek to break down barriers between artist, artwork and audience by actively engaging them all in the creative process,” Ms Rake
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Visit our Queensland College of Art (QCA) Open Studios on 11 & 18 May 2019 from 9 am – 12 noon on the South Bank campus. Experience our QCA visual art courses first-hand by registering to attend one of five FREE workshops focusing on weaving, drawing or photography at https://www.griffith.edu.au/arts-education-law/queensland-college-art/bad At the Queensland College of
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In this interactive workshop, participants will learn the basics of drawing cartoon characters and physical appearance to reflect their personalities or feelings. This includes making characters move, designing frame and speech bubbles, and story progressions. Drawing materials will be supplied, however participants are also encouraged to bring their own journals. Draw Your Story Comic Workshop
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Get creative in the gallery after dark! Jenny Carter-White will guide you through an immersive and exciting workshop using torches, long exposure and your imagination to create beautiful images that show you painting with light. The workshop will begin in the gallery space and then you can venture outside to discover a range of possibilities
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Join artist Jenny Carter-White for a unique workshop using digital projection and photographic layering techniques to revisit places from the past and re-imagine them into the present. First you will choose an image from a place where your ancestors lived. You can bring in a picture or choose an image from a magazine, a book
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THE WALLS ART SCHOOL: WRITING FOR GRANTS AS VISUAL ARTISTS [2 x 50 minute sessions: presentation followed by workshop activities] FREE EVENT: Bookings essential, please register via email mail@thewalls.org.au Morning tea will be provided. BYO: Paper, pen, or laptop for notes and the writing activities, snacks. Join artist and Walls Board Member Dr Chris
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The Nusantara is a geographical state of being. The word Nusantara comes from two words, Nusa, meaning the seas and tara, meaning what lies in between. The Nusantara in this sense refers to the cultural identities of the lands which are now Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, The Philippines and Thailand, through its connection with
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BLINDSIDE invites proposals from emerging, mid-career and established artists, curators, collectives or collaborators to present solo or group exhibitions, as well as events, performances, screenings and ephemeral projects. BLINDSIDE accepts proposals from local, interstate and international practitioners from any field of creative endeavour that span either one or both gallery spaces. BLINDSIDE is an inclusive
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Countering and speaking against the myths of ‘non-existence’ of palawa, Tasmanian Aboriginal, people, the multiple self-portraits of ‘face to face to face’ demand an acknowledgement of my historic and contemporary resistance to the onslaught of colonialism. I am asking how many times do I have to validate my identity as a palawa woman? How can
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Applications are now open for Aspire Gallery’s 2019 ‘In Focus’ Exhibition. Theme: Portraiture, Still Life, Flora and Fauna. No scenes allowed Requirements: Open medium, skill and sizing. Exhibition Dates: 29 May – 8 June For more details, head to – Aspire Gallery Website
Natalya Hughes, Bathing Scenes in the Pump Room is a stunning new mural on a banner at the terrace at HOTA. Natalya Hughes’ Bathing Scenes in the Pump Room, commissioned by HOTA, presents a scene of bathing figures in silhouette. Using digitised images of Hughes intricate, patterned painting, the result is a striking, evocative scene full of
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